Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

January 19-25, 2026|205 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 205 incidents during January 19-25, 2026. Bellingham averaged 29.3 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 44 incidents. Meridian led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 19% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (23%).

Total Incidents

205

-7% vs last week

Daily Average

29.3

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

44 incidents

Violent Incidents

9%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 44 incidents, 50% above the weekly average of 29.3.

Meridian was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 39 incidents (19% of total), followed by Downtown at 19%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 46% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Meridian39
2
Downtown38
3
Lettered Streets16
4
York16
5
Puget15

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious48 (23%)
2
Other35 (17%)
3
Welfare31 (15%)
4
Theft30 (15%)
5
Investigation27 (13%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Meridian2026-01-25 at 20:50

600 block of W BAKERVIEW RD, Bellingham, WA

##26B04757
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Sunnyland2026-01-25 at 18:50

1900 block of CORNWALL AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B04729
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2026-01-25 at 12:17

4000 block of ELIZA AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B04690
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Downtown2026-01-25 at 04:19

1100 block of RAILROAD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B04660
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Barkley2026-01-24 at 23:04

3200 block of ORLEANS ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B04630

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